Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2012-2016East Carolina
Philip Nelson
QB • 6'2" • Mankato, MN, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Philip Nelson is a balanced quarterback profile with 18.2 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
53
Solid production for a quarterback
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Reliability
56
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
66
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · East Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Minnesota • East Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Player Story
Philip Nelson built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a quarterback from Mankato, MN wearing No. 9, spending time with East Carolina and Minnesota. The clearest part of Philip Nelson's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Minnesota
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Philip Nelson, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · East Carolina. Philip Nelson is a balanced quarterback profile with 18.2 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 5,403
- Passing yards
- 4,782
- Rushing yards
- 621
- Touchdowns
- 42
Quick Answers
Philip Nelson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- East Carolina · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 5,403
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · East Carolina
- Top game
- Wisconsin
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Mankato West · Minnesota
- High school pipeline
- Mankato West · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Class 2016
- 2016 Total offense rank
- 2,676 total offense · QB 66th (top 21%) · American Athletic 7th (top 5%) · National 66th (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Postseason | Minnesota | 7 | 164 | 138 | 26 | 2 | 54.4 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Minnesota | 7 | 893 | 735 | 158 | 6 | 54.4 |
| 2013 Postseason | Minnesota | 11 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 57.6 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Minnesota | 11 | 1,638 | 1,288 | 350 | 15 | 57.6 |
| 2015 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | East Carolina | 10 | 2,676 | 2,603 | 73 | 19 | 69 |
Related Context
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Philip Nelson played QB for Minnesota and East Carolina. Across 4 tracked seasons, Philip Nelson recorded 4,782 passing yards, 621 rushing yards, and 7 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2016 with East Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
East Carolina paired 2,676 primary output with 59.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 59.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Minnesota, East Carolina.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure. It landed in the 90th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · East Carolina
Games
10
Primary Metric / G
267.6
Efficiency
59.4
Usage
18.2
Consistency
76.1
Best Game by takeover score
South Carolina
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Carolina: 405. NC State: 300. South Carolina: 388. Virginia Tech: 351. UCF: 309. South Florida: 116. Cincinnati: 339. UConn: 248. Tulsa: 72. SMU: 148
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Carolina: 35 by 77.7. NC State: 48 by 57.8. South Carolina: 67 by 54.9. Virginia Tech: 41 by 59.7. UCF: 52 by 57.8. South Florida: 28 by 60. Cincinnati: 53 by 64.3. UConn: 44 by 55.5. Tulsa: 20 by 58.3. SMU: 22 by 48.1
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins317.7 · Games = 3 · +71.5 vs Losses
Losses246.1 · Games = 7 · -71.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
South Carolina
Best efficiency game
77.7 vs Western Carolina
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/12 | vs SMU | L 31-55 | 11 | 19 | 144 | 57.9 | 0 | 2 | 48.1 | 3 | 4 | 1.30 | 1 | 7 |
| Sun 11/6 | @ Tulsa | L 24-45 | 9 | 13 | 100 | 69.2 | 1 | 0 | 58.3 | 7 | -28 | -4 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 10/29 | vs UConn | W 41-3 | 29 | 41 | 253 | 70.7 | 2 | 0 | 55.5 | 3 | -5 | -1.70 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 10/22 | @ CincinnatiDual-threat | L 19-31 | 28 | 43 | 283 | 65.1 | 2 | 2 | 64.3 | 10 | 56 | 5.60 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 10/8 | @ South Florida | L 22-38 | 12 | 23 | 88 | 52.2 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 5 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 10/1 | vs UCF | L 29-47 | 23 | 41 | 278 | 56.1 | 2 | 1 | 57.8 | 11 | 31 | 2.80 | 0 | 31 |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Virginia Tech300-yard game | L 17-54 | 17 | 34 | 362 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 59.7 | 7 | -11 | -1.60 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 9/17 | @ South Carolina300-yard game | L 15-20 | 44 | 58 | 400 | 75.9 | 1 | 2 | 54.9 | 9 | -12 | -1.30 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs NC State | W 33-30 | 33 | 43 | 297 | 76.7 | 1 | 1 | 57.8 | 5 | 3 | 0.60 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Western Carolina300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 52-7 | 28 | 32 | 398 | 87.5 | 5 | 0 | 77.7 | 3 | 7 | 2.30 | 1 | 7 |
Player Story
Philip Nelson story
Philip Nelson built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a quarterback from Mankato, MN wearing No. 9, spending time with East Carolina and Minnesota. The clearest part of Philip Nelson's career was his passing role: 4,782 passing yards, 33 touchdown passes, 685 attempts, and 621 rushing yards across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with East Carolina. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 621 rushing yards and 7 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 28 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across East Carolina and Minnesota.
The arc is straightforward: Philip Nelson moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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- 1
Minnesota
2012-2013
Opening stop
- 2
East Carolina
2015-2016
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201220122013201320152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Postseason | Minnesota | 1,057 | 50.4 | 26.7 | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | Minnesota | 1,057 | 50.4 | 26.7 | 0 |
| 2013 Postseason | Minnesota | 1,670 | 58.6 | 20.9 | 613 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Minnesota | 1,670 | 58.6 | 20.9 | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | — | — | -1,670 |
| 2016 Regular Season | East Carolina | 2,676 | 59.4 | 18.2 | 2,676 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Wisconsin
Week 8 · L 13-38 · Conference game
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
216
Total Offense
76.6 takeover
216 total offense with 53.6 efficiency.
#2
@ New Mexico State
Week 2 · W 44-21
249
Total Offense
75.9 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
249 total offense with 69.6 efficiency.
#3
vs Purdue
Week 9 · W 44-28 · Conference game
283
Total Offense
75.2 takeover
Win with 283 yards of offense and 75.6 efficiency.
283 total offense with 75.6 efficiency.
#4
@ South Carolina
Week 3 · L 15-20
388
Total Offense
70.5 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
388 total offense with 54.9 efficiency.
#5
vs UCF
Week 5 · L 29-47 · Conference game
309
Total Offense
70.2 takeover
Loss with 309 yards of offense and 57.8 efficiency.
309 total offense with 57.8 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · East Carolina
2,676 primary output · 59.4 efficiency · 18.2 usage
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#2
2013 Postseason · Minnesota
57.6
1,670 primary · 58.6 efficiency · 20.9 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Minnesota
57.6
1,670 primary · 58.6 efficiency · 20.9 usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
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300+ total offense
5
3+ TD games
10
Above avg efficiency
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